The Sun. — London, England, 1826-09-27 00:00:00

44 4 411("' tRITISII ROCK and 'PATENT SALT COMPANY. . Yesterday: a meeting of the Directors and Shareholderi in the British Rock and Patent Salt Company, took place at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of deciding upon a proposition for rescinding a Resolution passed at a former meeting, allowing to Mr. Furnival, the founder of the Company, time to pay up on 1,000 shares, of which he is the holder. Mr. Fernival is the holder of 25,000 shares in this Company, upon all of which the calls have been paid, with the exception of the 1,000 here alluded to. Before the Meeting proceeded to the business on which it was summoned—Wm. Heseltine, Esq. in the Chair—. The CHAIRMAN stated, that a verson outside had dia. , tributed papers am o n gs t th e Shareholders, containing grossly false and libellous matter against some of the Di rectors, signed Wm. Furnival, and it was, in' his opi. nion, necessary to make some inquiry upon he subject, Mr. CIIAI'MAN did not see the necessity of any examine. tion of the kind. Mr. BROUGHTON' said, that he was one of the persona most particularly alluded to; but he treated the charge with the utmost contempt. The CHAIRMAN said it was necessary to institute an in quiry upon the subject. The directors had been accused of 'the most gross frauds by the person whose Signature appeared to the address. After some further observations, it Was determined that the distributor should be called in. DUNWORTRY, the distributor, then stated in answer to 'some questions from the directors, that he had come front trance at the desire of Mr. Furnival to distribute the papers, and to send to him accounts of what took place at the meeting. Upon being asked whether he was to celled the opinions of those who were interested from listening at the door, he said certainly not. He was to trust to the news• palters for what took place. Mr. ROREPTSON moved that the meeting should not receive as a fitting mode of communication any paper of Mr. Furnival's, after the sufficient notice that had been given 'of the meeting in the public papers. Mr. BROUGHTON considered that the honour of the dis rectors was concerned, and that investigation was there 4 fore indispensable. He, for one, had been most vilely at. tacked, and he should therefore move as an amendnient that a committee be appointed for the purpose of making the necessary inquiry. A committee was then appointed. Mr. HARRINGTON suggested the impropriety of proceed ing further with respect to the forfeiture of the shares in the absence of Mr. Furnival, awl said that perhaps it would be advisable in any gentleman who felt aggrieved to prose cute that gentleman. Mr. PARRATT said that Mr, rurnival not being in the country could not be. prosecuted. Mr. BROUGHTON.rwit he was a respectable man, I'd prosecute him, but he is an object of th e grea t es t conte m pt. Mr. SUTTON stated, that. upon an occasion when he and Mr. Broughton went to confront Mr. Furnival, that gentlemeat declined an interview; and declared that he had no charge whatever to make against them. Mr. PARRATT then read several papers descriptive of the conduct of Mr. Furnival. In one of his letters he charged the directors with having acted in such a manner,. as would have disgraced the character of sweeps. A rm.: lutiosi bad been passed, giving him six months to pay up, the calls on the 1,000 shares. To this indulgence he re plied in the following manner :—" The unmanly attack of your Chairman, by moving for time upon the 1,000 shares, which was not asked for recently but protested against, Intv4 have originated from a base motive to injure my clia s.acter ,and my pursuits, and to destroy the value of my property." This communication was followed up by tin advertisement, denying that the lenity on the payment of the calla on the 1,000 shares had been requested by Mr. Furnival, hr, having protested against any such payments and all other future calls, although he had made arrange - merits for such future 'Win on 'a5,000 shares in the com pany, independent, of that on the 1,000 shares alluded tic, until after a full investigation had taken place into the ma., nwernent of the company to the satisfaction of the share. holders. In consequence of this letter and advertisement the ditectors passed a resolution, that Mr. Furnival should have notice of the intention to rescind the resolution post-' poning the forfeiture' of the shares. Two or three post ponements had taken place, in the expectation that Mr., Furttival would attend to give a proper explanation of his conduct. Mr. Parrott then read the extracts of a minute of a meeting, held the 20th of .finiary, 1826, which • stated that it was eallettby Messrs. Broughton and Sutton to be informed why there was a demur in paying the interest of the money lent by them to the compaity, upon which debate took place, and Mr. Robertson, on the 'part of Mr. Furnivel, attended the board, and stated that Mr. Furnival objected to the payMent, on the ground of misrepresenta tion as to the value of their works. But owing to the im portance of the subject in discussion, Mr. Furnival was re quested to attend the board in person, which he then did. Mr. Furnival then repeated that he objected to the pay ment to Messrs. Broughton and Sutton being made; and the Chairman, by the advice of the solicitor who was in attendance, asked if Mr. Furnival alloWed the due execn tion'of the deed of settlement by Mr. Bodin on his behalf, as the board were advised that they could not admit him to net. as a shareholder or director of the cempanyontil he executed the deed; that if he did execute the deed, they were then ready to consider his notice, but they must re quire that such notice should be in writing. Mr. Furnival, thereupon denied the authority which had executed the deed for him, and snid that he should question it. Mr. Furnival then left the room, but stated previously to so doing, that he did not charge - Messrs. Broughton and Sut ton with fraud. - Whereupon it was resolved and second ed, that under the circumstances, the board cannot with hold payment to Messrs. Broughton and Sutton, and that therefore a check be at once made out. for the amount and handed to them.---R. Ricaaoo, Chairman; Mr. BROUGHTON—Mr. Furnival is inveterate against me because I would not consent that he should have 270,000/. instead of the 100,0001. which he received. ' At the desile of several shareholders, Mr. Furuival's protest was hae read. It stated his charges against the directors as his reason for not paying the call. Mr. CHAPMAN.—He here states certain grounds for the non-payment of the calls, and those grounds ought certainly to be received as a cause of postponement. Mr. PAansrro---When he could not g e t th e indulgence he required, he turned round and impeached the directors. Mr. FitnalifFlEl.o said that it would be unfair, tinder such . circumstances as had bee n suited in the course of the'day,' to order a forfeiture o f m u .. .p urnivart shares. Mr. PARRATT.-.—A meeting was caned in January to hear his charges, and he was desired to state them speeili. g cally ; but being either unable or unwillin ,ere left the room, but declared before he went that he had no charge of fraud against any of the directors.. Afterwards he begged for more'time. It was all an effort to get time. The CHAIRMAN said the deed WEIS imperative upon them. The money was wa nting to' the prop r i etary , not the directors, and there was no alternative butforfentire. Mr. CHAPMAN said, that the object for which it aP peered the meeting wet; convened, was t . O rescind it reao lution which was passed at the last. Illt,'ii4 n/3? gralttt i n i g o Mr. Furnival the indulgence of s i x tnot tind "'wale my actuated stslment. He moved the resolution, a solely by the principle " do unto others al l y e o f l e t e w hi ld by w o ia p t: to be done by," and he would follow up ti ap posing the resolution now before the rrieepm{, a : lire / tors, peered to him to have originated with t" throg's pique and resentment, for the charges which fir. Furmvat had brought against them. New, as the directors had nothing to do with the indulgence granted, it having emanated solely from the shareholders, be thought it, ex tremely injudicious in the directors to require the indul gence to be withdrawn from Mr. Furnivid; far although it would appear from his letters that he was non campus meta l , it must be admitted that he was a man of genius, and for which reason alone the indulgence was granted.— (Hear, hear !)_Pour months of the time which he was al lowed to pay his instalments had not yet expired. H ere a discussion - arose upon the subject of the power of the meeting to rescind a resolution which they had passed. • . The Solicitor to the Company stated that they certainly had the power. The amendment Was then put and carried, by which Mr. Furnival sustains a loss to the amount of 6,0001., he having paid 61. per share upon 1,000 shares, which have been thus declared forfeited by a majority of nine. Thanks having been voted to the Chairmo, the meet- ing separated. FATAL DUEL. AT KIRKALDY. CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE.-PExTit, SErr. 22. The Court this morning was crowded in every part, soov after the doors were opened, it being known that the case of Mr. David Landale, was to come on early in the day. Lord Gillies entered the Court about half past ten. Mr. Landale having been called, entered the Court, and took his place at the bar. The indictment was then read. Mr. COCKBURN admitted the relevancy, but as the in dictment was not calculated to put the Jury in possession of the whole facts, he thought it necessary to state them More particularly :—The prisoner was a merchant in Kirk aldy ; his reputation there as a mercantile man, and this is material to the decision of the case, was of the highest order. The deceased, on whose ashes he would tread as lightly as possible, was agent for the bank at Kirkaldy; but he need not say, his duty as agent, to preserve_ in violable the transactions of individuals with which he be came acquainted as agent—the mysteries of the counting. house—the hopes of priv a t e f a mili es , a ll come un d er t h e observation of a person in such a situation; and in times such as the present he is doubly bound to preserve in violable secrecy with regard to all matters intrusted to him—times when his word can create credit where none existed before, and can ruin it where it existed unimpeach able. Such was the situation, such were the times when the unfortunate man, who is now no more, committed the error which led to the catastrophe you have now to judge of. He not only disclosed the private transac tions of the prisoner, but he did so in a manner the most injurious to his interests : that disclosure, or rather the manner of that disclosure, did operate to his preju dice, it shook his credit with all—even his oldest, I had almost said his . hereditary friends, were affected by it, and in some instances withdrew their confidence,— Under these circumstances, Mr. Landale addressed a letter to the bank, complaining of Mr. Morgan's conduct. The bank, whether rightly or not, communicated this letter to the late Mr. Morgan, and this gentleman, whose conduct as agent of the bank al one , was comp l a i ne d of—who had, as agent of the bank, and in that character alone, been con cerned in the transactions to which I have referred L--this gentleman writes a letter, which I shall afterwards nrove, accusing the prisoner of falsehood arid calumny, couched in language framed apparently with the sole purpose of pro voking a duel. Several short notes passed, and the result was a determination, on the part of the unfortunate de ceased, to compel the prisoner to send a challenge. This was done deliberately, and advisedly done—for he had taken advice ;—and—(l trust Kirkaldy contains better ad-. visors)--he 'ad been told that the challenger was always, on trial, sure of banishment, and therefore he must manage to get the prisoner to be the challenger. This resolution he accordingly formed ; he caused it to be circulated in Kirkaldy that he meant to strike the prisoner in the public street, the !lest time they met. Knowing what would be the result of such conduct, he prepared himself for it; he prepared the implements which he expected to require :—he had his pistols put in order ;—he bad balls (some dozens, I believe-) cast ;—and this, some days be fore the meeting took place. In a few days be met Mr. Landale in the street, and made good his threat. With out provocation, nay without warning, he struck the prisoner in the street. A challenge followed—for this was inevitable. But even here the moderation Of the prisoner was conspicuous,—before the meeting,—even on his way to the' field,—he had still the courage (for it re quires courage) to say that he would accept an apology. ' Few men placed in such a situation have the courage to do so; hut, Gentlemen, this prisoner had the humanity, the good sense, to agree that such an offer should be made. Gentlemen of the Jury, the offer was declined by the de. ceased,—not by his second for him ; T .-it was declined by the man who struck this prisoner with ?be purpose of provoking a duel ;—it was declined pointedly, steadily, and obsti nately. No alternative remained—the parties went to the field, they took their places, they fired, and Mr. Morgan ceased to live. Such, Gentlemen of the Jury, are the circumstances of the case,—such is the conduct of the priioner at the bar • and I put into one and all of you, if you had a son or a (mother placed in the situation I have stated, would you have had him net as this prisoner has done ? Or would you not rather ,consider his honour lost if he had acted otherwise ? The Learned Counsel concluded by reading an extract from the speech of a Judge as to the law in a case of duelling. Evidence was then called, which fully corroborated Mr. Ceckburn's statement.—Several witnesses also spoke to the mild and gentlemanly conduct of the panel. Mr. JEMMY made an eloquent and elaborate defence for his client. In nothing, he might say, was he more certain of the cordial concurrence of his client's mind, than in his expressions of coincidence with the sentiments uttered by his Learned Friend opposite, at the close of his address. The welfare and safety of the public rendered such inves tigations peremptory; and so fully was he convinced that the result of this bad tended to the complete Justification of Mr. Landale, that it was certainly matter of great eon gratulation that the honour and purity of his motives had so soon been laid open to the world. Ile thought the case, as it now stood before them, required little elucidation, certainly the evidence required no recapitulation. That the deceased met his death at the hands ter his client, ad mitted of no doubt; but with that fact, comparatively un important as 'constituting crime, nothing had appeared from the evidence which was not calculated to excite both sympathy and admiration. Whether they considered the unsullied purity of his general character, the original rind grievous wrongs he had sustained, the meek, temperate, and even business-like manner, in which he at first, and for some time, endeavoured to obtain redress ; the most intemperate and unreasonable manner in which it was withheld; the reluctance with which he adopted the hest extremity and painful alternative—Or the ettlin and generous manner In which he had consenter! , to admit even of a verbal apology on the f a tal scene of the their l. catastrophe;commiseration andr nd acquittal. It him t w s as tron n g e cla .de t ‘b e .t t h o a rule of law that the taking away of human life (joint with collateral facts only, however,) constituted murder e ; f a r i f d although an abrogated law rendered the deprivation ie by doelling,liable to that description, still no mode of kill ing could constitute murder, unless malice could be prove d , which was inferred even in the term of murder d u it self. Tha t th e b are f ac t o f t a ki n g away el constituted murder hi would deny. H life in a e denied that it could be law, so far as it was inconsistent with ' the views and opinions of the strictest moralists ; with the taw itself, and no less so with the practice of the 'law. (.. n ) m rsretillsollotira econ ile t ) rary, it was a remedy for injuries for which taw tribunals could afford no redress. While the bums,f nr,ticm r l i d wuz l e t l i s eaxanirstilititrefined v lat speciesi i woi feelings sometimes euxeiss tensue,in which no la w ips calculated to redress, and tinder which no that during history we find, to cruel feuds and kmauin l o ar ti r e arism such Feelings gave to be and were greatly the ages of existenc e tol erable. In deprecated. In our:inore ei seldom s in e that decision of differe t w eg b t' lt ' e ",d days, watt 5 it is shedding blood was resorted to ; and t hen co n ducted.geneially with such frankness In it great degree that imputa and gallantry, as to do away tion of malice Which is necessary to constitute the positive crime of murder. The law against it. had been abrogated, in practice at least, and indeed it was ito longer necessary.— Thus far he had enlarged as to the practice of the law— he shiiuld again refer to the subject as it affected morality. He was able to adduce the opinion not only of the strictest moralists, but even of men no less eminent for piety, in vindication of the practice in a moral point of view. He would enumerate—Dr. Johnson, the greatest moralist of his age, and equally remarkable for his religious austerity and strict sense of propriety; Lord Kaimes, whose autho rity and reasoning on such subjects could scarcely be called in question, and who had said that injuries will be inflicted and sustained, which, till human opinion be al tered, no law can redress; and in which the injured party is justified in having recourse to challenge for reparation to his wounded feelings; Dr. A. Ferg uson , w h ose con d uct uniformly comported with pure religion and strict moral principle; who was appointed to the ethical chair, for the purpose of forming the minds and morals of the young, and rendering them the ornaments of society. All these distinguished individuals held the same opinions. The in ference of murder in such cases was quite irreconcileable, alike with the fundamental and improved principles of law. An act committed out of necessity, from force, from intimidation, or under mental aberration, could not be construed as a crime. Unless the facts could convince the Jury that the deed was maliciously committed, it was of no consequence what his Learned Friend opposite might denominate law. Lord GILL lES then summed up, after which the Jury returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." FRENCH PAPERS. SALONICA, Auth 18.—It appears th a t i n i n t ro d uc i ng discipline into his armies, the Porte desires equally to esta blish a little justice in his administration. Four firmans of the Grand Seignor were read some days ago at the Me keine of Salonica, two of which are of, great importance. The first abolishes the confiscation of the property of Turks or Greeks put to death by orders of the Porte, — forbids the Mollabs and Cadis from interfering with the succession to property, in cases where the condemned par ties have heirs—allows them to interfere when the heirs are minors, in order to protect their interests, by levying only a s i mp l e duty, of 2i per cent., i nstea d o f 10 w hi c h existed before, and which the expellees amounted to 20. The second firman strongly recommends to the Mollahs and the Cadis the greatest exactness in the administration of justice, to prosecute carefully false witnesses, and such persons as make use of them to cheat their adversaries; in fine, to save the parties the useless expellees which are of ten imposed upon them. Of the two other firmans, one announces the birth of a daughter to his Highneis. The last is likewise a measure of police to recover many precious objects pillaged from Constantinople during the late revolution. The Paellas and other authorities are enjoined to search with care for the Janissaries who fled from the capital, to send them back when arrested, and in case of resistance, to put them to death. This last firman has made a strong impression on the spirit of the Janissaries at Salonica, whose coffee-houses had been shut in the evening. Selim Pacha continue; to reside at Armankeny. The only motive, assigned for this long stay, as uncommon for a Vizier as it is extraordinary for the mystery which hangs over it, is his co-operation in the formation of a corps of 6,000 men of regular troops, which the Porte requires from the Paehalic of Salonica. However general that opinion may be, it can scarcely be believed that Selim Paella is destined for such a mission. The Vizier, of ad vanced age and feeble health, who has spent 50 years of his life in reading the Koran, cannot be supposed capable of forming good soldiers. We must soon, however, be informed on the subject, as clothing for an army of 6,000 regular troops have been des patched for Constantinople. The order of Dervisea called Beklachigi, has been or dered to be suppressed throughout Rornelia. On the 6th we learnt at Salonica, that Rotneli-Valessi had taken possession of Athens, and that the Greeks had taken refuge in the Acropolis. CONSTANTINOPLE, Auu. 23.—T0 recompence the zeal of the Pachas who particularly distinguished themselves in the late revolution, and the introduction of the 'new discipline, the Sultan has added some Sandschaks to the Government of several of them. Several changes of Paellas have taken place. The most remarkable is the recall of the Paella of Aleppo, which appears to have been provoked by the complaints of the extortions of his Go vernment made by European:Consuls. Letters from Alexandria, dated July 29, state that an expedition of 8,000 or 9,000 men, with military stores and provisions of every kind, was to sail for the Morea about the beginning of August; SMYRNA, AUG. I 18.—An ordinance of the Consul- General of France, dated the 11th of this month, has suppressed No. 244 of the Oriental Spectator, and sus ' pended that journal till it should be confided to another editor. The Iprincipal parts of this ordinance say, that one of the titles of which his Most Christian Majesty is the most proud, is that of Protector of the Christian religion in the Levant ; that in appointing a Consul-Ge neral in Smyrna, the King has specially charged him to protect, to defend, and cause to be respected in his name, the religion which his Majesty professes, as well as the greater number of his subjects; that publicly to attack in a periodical journal points of belief, which serve as the basis of this religion, is opposing this part of the mission, and acting against the authority of the King. (We have received this No. 244; there is a blank in it, which was probably filled by the article complained of.) The French subjects met on the Bth, in the house of the Consul-General, to determine on the employment of 120,000 francs, which the French Government grants for ground has purchased, and building a n h os pi ta l. The the work will be commenced' immediately. The English met on the same day at the Caitlin() of Smyrna,' to ask Captain Hamilton, by virtue of the ordi nances of the King of England, if the British naval force will not protect them against the darin,g enterprises whiCh which are feared from Lord Cochrane tr The Rhinoceros, a large transport, which brought 250,000 rations to the French squadron, being, on the 24th ofJuly, near Cape St. Angelo, was surrounded by Bight mistics, but after three cannon shot and a brisk fire of musketry, the pirates were frightened, and took flight, and by favour of the darkness, escaped the just punish ment they deserved. An English ship of war has brought hither 20 Arab prisoners, whom Goora h as g iven to Commodore Ham ilton." (From the Journal des Debats.) PARIS, SEPT. 23.—The Speetateur Oriental was, as every one knows, only retnarkable for its headstrong hatred against the Greeks; it was unwearied in doing them in jury, and in devoting them to destruction. It was for a long time believed, that this detestable Journal was paid by Austria, and protected by Turkey : it was the most reasonable conjecture that one could form in the mysterious existence of this French Journal, placed as the advanced guard% the East. An event, sufficiently strange in itself, gives ri se to other suspicions ; b ut let 'tut first relate the event.— What crowd of reflections must not this news give rise to. At - first sight its mattifettt, that the Speetateur O r i enta l was a Journal paid by the Ministry., either publicly or pri vately, for without that,no one could conceive what power could authorise the Consul -General to suppress it, and to require the nomination of another Editor. This would be an arbitrary and tyrannical act, as far as regards a French free citizen; but even admitting the Spectateur to be in the same situation as the Etoile notoriously is, there would be nothing so singular in it. It would be only the master speaking to his' servent. The term ordonnanee only, we consider unsuitable. • Another obser vat i on i s, that the K i ng of France is re presented " as Protector of the Christian Religi on in the Levant--a mode of worship professed by the great majo rity of his subjects." Without doubt the Coustd.Generid by this understands the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman Religion ; hut thip religion has few adherents in the Levant, for in the island's of Syra, Nazis, and Tina, and others, there are scarcely thirty thousand Catholics, and Os fraction of the popula tion lives in notorious hostility with the Greek Christians, who form the Christian Church of the East—placed under the protection of the Emperor of Russia. The Latins are worse looked on by the Greeks than the Turks, because they are accused of being secret enemies. In the centre of the East to declare one's self as the avenger of Catholic dogmas, against the other modes of belief, would be at least to take a .very disadvantageous position. And as yet there remains a question to which we shall not venture a reply. As the Editor of the Spectateur Oriental is servilely yielding to the French Ministry, can he have thought of making any attacks upon Catholic dogmas ? He must be a Greek, naturalized as a Frenchman, who ignorantly has fallen into such an error. Perhaps, lowever, it is only a pretext. -But the article is suppressed ; it could not ap pear before the tribunal of public opinion, and whatever our prejudices may be against the Editor of the Spectateur Oriental, since he has been oppressed by an illegal and despotic act, he becomes sacred in our eyes—he has rights to be protected by this national opinion, generous even towards an enemy. We hope, whoever this individual may be, that he will shed some light in France upon this new Ministerial intrigue. PRICES OF STOCKS Tin Bank Stock r shut 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3;per Cent. Cons SOWA% 3% per Cent. shut Ditto Red. shut 4 per Cent. New Ditto, Scrip .. Bank Long Ann. 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O fi tqrnsey& Jersey. - 0 O Hamburgh 0 O Holland 0 O Jamaica . 0 O Leeward island, O Lhamo 0 O Malta 0 O Waterford ttsbt sun, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 27, 1826. We received yesterday afternoon the Paris Papers of Sunday, and the Etoile of Monday morning. The latter contains a communication from Salonica dated the 18th ult., from which it appears, that the GRAND SEIGNOR is not less anxious to establish justice in his administration, than improved disci pline in his army. Among other Firmans which he has issued, are two of great importance. The first abolishes the confiscation of the property of Turks or Greeks put to death by order of the Porte—forbids the Mollahs and Cadis from interfering, with the suc cession to property in cases where the condemned parties have heirs—allows them to interfere when the heirs are minors, in order to protect their interests. The second Firman strongly recommends to the Mollabs and the Cadis the greatest exactness in the administration of justice, to prosecute carefully false witnesses, and to save the parties the useless expellees which are often imposed upon them. Hitherto in Turkey, the name of justice was a shadow : and if the SwirAN proceed on the principle of establishing justice on the ruins of the abuses which existed, and affording under its protection security to pro perty and person, he will shortly find that the power of his Government will rest on surer grounds than if his measures had been confined to the destruction of the Janissaries, and the formation of a disciplined army. The influence of such measures on the minds of his subjects, will do more towards the consolida tion of M a l Government, and the stability of the new order of things, than all the executions which have taken place, or the continuance of the reign of terror. The same paper furnishes, in an article from Smyrna, a curious piece of information. An Ordinance of the Consul-General of Franco resident in that city, has suppressed one of the numbers of the Oriental Spec. tator, end suspended that Journal till it should be confided to another Editor. The cause of this pro ceeding is stated vaguely—but it would seem to be in its having attacked some points of belief, which serve of that France Fren should influence pos se os should se inari thee d the in the Le vant , t h at an or as the basis of the religion of the Fren c h peop l e. The objectionable article being suppr e s se d, we h ave no means of forming an opinion upon it s d emer i ts, s but ul it is is b o o t a littl e po wer of suppressing a publi c j ourna l , and tran sferring its Editorship to another --a power which sscspre dominant cl Consul-General extraordinary, . the S UL TAN himself would not have used in the face complete establishm en t o f j ust i ce throughout hi s o f the Firmans which he h a d recent l y issued forthe dilreinions. Extracts from these papers will be found i n another column. Bombay Papers to the Bth of April have been re ceived by the Lady East, but their contents, as far as they relate to Bengal affairs, have been anticipated by previous arrivals, and in other respects they are maid portant. The fobovving extract from a Native News paper shows the friendly. •feeling entertained towards British interests by RUNJEET SINGH of Lahore, one of the most powerful Native Chiefs. " AAIRITSER.—On the 26th of January, his Highness Runjeet Singh held a Levee in the Ram Bagh, which was attended by all li:s principal Officers and Ministers. On this occasion, despatches were' received from his Envoys at Ambalesh and Ludhiana, stating, that the English army had made seven successive assaults on the Fort of Mud pore, and had carried it on the Bth, and had replaced Rajah Buiwunt Singh on the Musned. The Maharaja ordered a present to be made to the courier, and a salute to be , fired, in honour of the victory. He then ordered the news-writer of the Hon. Company to be sent for, and asked him if -he had heard any thing respecting Bhurtpore ? To this the news-writer replied, that, although he had re ceived some advices, yet they were likely to be less full and authentic than those which the Maharaja would, no doubt, have received himself, and which he would esteem it an honour to hear. The Maharaja then stated, the news he had received, and added, that, as he was united in the closest bonds of amity with the English Government , the intelligence afforded him the most lively satisfac tion. He had heard, he said, that there were 'mini crores of rupees in the Treasury of Bhurtpore, and that, by the English laws, there was nothing to oppose their appropriation, with the exception of the trifle that m i g ht " he reserved for the expenses of the army. In this manner the Maharaja maintained the conversation for two flours , expatiating, in the most animated terms, upon the poweifi and reputation of the English. Upon being apP!'s€ (l the duration of the siege, ht expressed his astonishment and delight, anti; addressing his nephew, he spoke trio de reduction of so formidable a fortress, in so brief a P as little less than a miracle. He then dismissed the writer with a present of a turban, a shawl, a piece of satin , and of flowered muslin, and two hundred rupees—and P e t ; seated a khelat of four pieces to the Muteseddi. He ordered letters of congratulation to be written to Sir Char Metcalfe, and other gentlemen." New York Papers to the 16th ult. were received in town last night, but they contain no news of public interest. Frankfort Papers of the 20th • instant arrived this: Morning, but contain accounts from Smyrna °I a b e u at i e tl A sanguinary prior date to th ose a l rea dy re ceived. is ridi of th e T u rks, but th e idea •_, A , a w s as fa r b e u p l o o r u t s e . d to have taken place off Samos to discomfiture arrival o of Lord Coc ri KANE is said to haver threatened arri t shaken a the nerves of the Ottoman fl ee t w hi c h fled to Con stantinople, but other accounts sa y th a t it r emained in the vicinity of Mitylene. The pl ague at Constantin o p le had considerably abated, and• the recruits for th e n ew army were pouring in from all quarters. They were chiefly young men, of from sev e nteen to twenty-two Years ofrees age, and consequently better fitted for the Sultia' plan of establishing a new system of discipline, by means of those who could not feel so averse to,it 3 in s ; troduction, as veterans who had contracted a DO° sw:i prejudice cetlteln::osag itlici throughout, c i o t c l utitgy f : a i: v oiu o lui t l4 : d r e o t to f oo t f l i i th e apavo o vel l ei d c acyd: nec,divu prac t ice. i:ciitoce,ridn h T ea l himself ie ; S ireo V esr i e : pl j tjt:.; with as much perseverance and firinticv,, a prolnr" . tude and ferocity. A new Editor has been appointed to the. Oriental Spectator. FRANKFORT, SEPT• 19. Extract from the Oriental Spectator : SMYRNA, AUG. 18.—(After the account of the rnv7-7,„1 taken by the French Consul with respect to the Orgenw . Spectator, it adds,)— i : b " The editor is a l rea dy changed, and the last niunb44 August 18th, i s published under the direction of arlQ' person. The m ost ridiculous tsr h e e p r o e rts fo , r su s id om t e he da m ys os p t o a t b . : 4r A fables htiv ,I d , sanguin ar y b att l e , i t i s sa id, h as ta k en place off 83 '" %0 1 d which the Turks suffered great loss in ships and r neft i, o rd the Ott oman fl eet , terri fi ed at the ar rival of Cochran e , h as ,returned to Constantinople. A ll "% r oe true of this is n o more th an th a t the Greeks sent uari n to fire-ship!, whi c h b e i ng o bli ge d by the Turkish ca nnu rn i s . take another direction, were burnt without doing Of t he chief. Th e T ur ki s h fl ee t h as b een n ear Mitylene , but causes of its retreat are not known. opla " According to the latest accounts from Cons" ps the plague had abated. Th e l ev i e s for the regu lar o f proceeded rapidly, and with perfect order. Came It" new recruits daily arrive from all parts of the e l "e tO 2 is remarkable that they are all young men, fro m 7 years of age." lILY BAGDAD,HiI jo The town of Iman Hussein, six l gues fra - lo t Arabia Felix, has at length submitte deaio the 0° 1 . .f - om a f en of Bagdad. The well-known onat o fficer after many fruitless solicitations, has now obt ained ' P erili n j f ia l ° o lllol depart, and is gone to Persia. During the 6 i e g e :l - 1 s of Hussein, a considerabl e caravan o f j ev vish Pf d le both sexes, set out on the Bth of June last fro m 81707 n in about five Hiel, the burying place of t h e p ro phet Ezekie l ' leagues from Hilla ; the f o ll ow i ng d a y they Werlt—fainef Al' with by a predatory band , of the Arabian „,tir R efei, which completely plundered them. li e home oo m be e almost v immediately er ta an d. d th Se a lre p rit il f i E rn t a i Oblige d f° retil we ea re ns who wee OW A t ynne to Per shh blished in Bagdad have left that cit r" y , an" b ksneneantilein pursuit of the robbers , but tney cou ld rn The Allgemei ne Z e it ung , o f th:2oth insta nt ' hig of Constantinople o f th e 25th August, it sl also reached us thi s morn i n g. Under the he. , ia that the 1 / CAPITAN PACHA has abandoned his p ro j eet'd pedition el- against iiad Samos, wh i ch, more it is assumed, iiii::::::grhst.. have taken prompt i tons, and not h a v e wa ited till the arrival of p art of tM Greek fleet which frustrated his attempt. .2 5. The Captain Paella seems e have TA grve ° l l : L e ic P i l lavi.he.' Phre l sent his expedition against Samos, which would robs a Y ., have submitted if he had been more s peedy in I ns ° Pr e t r is tions, and not waited till Sachturi arrived with pai.. - .,„ Greek fleet. After the Capitan Paella had WO" t 'i: 3 ,l attempts of the Greek fireships on the 31st of July fin , of August, arid sunk two o f t h e fi r eAhips with the gill' of their own Admiral's ship, he landed part v f the al: that he had . on board in the harbour of Sajadochiek (in ttt,,, Gulf of Scala Nuova), sailed on the gth th r l i ft Channel of Scio and anchored the same evening° A' G ler , whither and was followed on the fltb, - ll i t o to a t : o , some more fleet. Thence be sent four brigs to 1.3 mare of the troops, with whom the agree, and ordered them to join the other troops at 6 r sth , sehiek. He .himself was still at .Mityleue eu t he h he had sent by two Tartars to Constantinople. chi. Waiting, it is said, for an answer to despatches vatic We are without news from the Mores and the AT Naar, on account ,of the n orth'anal tie Letters from Smyrna of the 18th inst. say that 7 - '' :etlarilidoe:,3 .aci!